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NEW FSVP COMPLIANCE DEADLINE IS MARCH 19: WHAT FOOD IMPORTERS SHOULD KNOW AS REGULATIONS INTENSIFY Food importers should be aware of a March 19 deadline requiring most small businesses to comply with the Food Safety Verification Program (FSVP) regulations. With the FSVP shifting the burden of ensuring the safety of imported foods from the FDA...

More than 700 leading members of the industry gathered recently in New York at the 2018 NYNJ Foreign Freight Forwarders & Brokers Association Annual Dinner to honor Roy Amalfitano, the 2018 Person of the Year. Association President Bill Skinner welcomed guests to the largest event of its kind in the importing industry. The honoree, who...

I hope you will join me, our entire WB Skinner staff, and the many distinguished industry guests at the annual NY/NJ Foreign Freight Forwarders & Brokers Association on February 1 in New York City. It is the largest event of its kind in our industry, with more than 700 attendees. I know you will want...

Once again, the Generalized System of Preferences Act (GSP) will be expiring on December 31. With no Congressional authority for renewal in sight before then, importers should be prepared to act as usual during the lapse. The GSP Act, which provides duty-free treatment to importers of goods from designated beneficiary countries, periodically expires and must...

As the new CMA CMG Explorer Class container ship THEODORE ROOSEVELT recently sailed under the Bayonne Bridge, which links the States of New York and New Jersey, guests of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey witnessed the inaugural passage of a larger class of container ships to call at the region’s busiest...

Amid the continuing devastation and recovery efforts in the Houston area, the region’s transportation impacts are also being felt across the country. Ports in Corpus Christi, Freeport, Galveston and much of Houston are closed, pending further assessment of weather conditions. It’s estimated that nearly 10% of trucking across the U.S. will be affected by the...

New standards for toys and related products such as toy chests were published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), effective April 30, 2017. If you are a new importer of toys you should be aware of these regulations and what they mean for your business. The new rules, known as ASTM F963-16, were...

Now that the May 30 deadline has passed, importers are required to comply with the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) regulations to ensure that foreign goods they import are produced commensurate with documented U.S. safety standards. The FDA expects that compliance with the program will minimize entry times and FDA hold-ups for shipments. FSVP: What...

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